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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:47:35 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OpenSSH in the base (was Re: OpenSSL update)
Message-ID:  <19991216214735.J62815@bitbox.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <19991216202404.92CBA1CC6@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@netplex.com.au on Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 04:24:04AM %2B0800
References:  <green@FreeBSD.org> <19991216202404.92CBA1CC6@overcee.netplex.com.au>

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On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 04:24:04AM +0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> It's not a crypto export problem, it's the RSA patent that's the problem.
> Any code that isn't RSAREF based for RSA support is unusable in the US.  I
> don't think OpenSSL linked against RSAREF is useable for OpenSSH.

You think wrong.  (OpenSSL linked against RSAREF is what OpenBSD use
to be able to export OpenSSH to the US, which I assume mean it is
usable.)

Eivind.


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